COMMON MEDICAL TERMINOLOGIES LESSON 6 Flashcards
Physical dependence on alcohol to the extent that stopping alcohol use will bring on withdrawal symptoms
Alcoholism
In popular in therapeutic varians the term may also be used to refer to _____ drinking habits that cause health or social problems
Ingrained
Allergic rhinitis is a medical term for _____ a condition due to allergy that mimics a chronic cold.
Hay fever
Nose inflammation
Allergic rhinitis
I misguided reaction to foreign substances by the immune system the body system of defense against foreign invaders particularly pathogens
Allergy
The condition of having less than the normal number of red blood cells are less than the normal quantity of hemoglobin in the blood
Anemia
The oxygen carrying capacity of the blood is therefore decreased
Anemia
Chest pain due to an inadequate supply of oxygen to the heart muscle
Angina pectoris
Types of angina pectoris
Stable angina
Unstable angina
Vasospastic angina
An eating disorder characterized by markedly reduce appetite or total aversion to food, it is a serious psychological disorder
Anorexia
An agent that counteracts a poison and neutralizes its effects
Antidote
An example of antidote
Syrup of ipecac
Cephalis ipecacuanha
Common disorder in which chronic inflammation of the bronchial tubes or bronchi makes them swell narrowing the airways
Asthma
Medical term used to describe a mild and non-progressive disease
Benign
Benign is from the Latin roots?
Bene - well
Genus - born
Is a medical term used to describe a severe and progressively worsening disease
Malignant
Bulimia is also called
Bulimia nervosa
An eating disorder characterize my episodes of secretive excessive eating for binge eating followed by inappropriate methods of weight control
Bulimia
Methods of weight control in bulimia
Self-induced vomiting or purging
Abuse of laxatives and diuretics
Excessive exercise
Causing cancer or contributing to the causation of cancer
Carcinogenic
Significant loss of intellectual ability such as memory capacity severe enough to interfere with social or occupational functioning
Dementia
Excessive urination and extreme thirst as a result of inadequate output of the pituitary hormone antidiuretic hormone
Diabetes insipidus
Is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by high blood sugar or glucose levels
Diabetes mellitus
The process of cleansing the blood by passing it through a special machine
Dialysis
A convulsive state; convulsions or _______ in pregnancy in an individual affected with preeclampsia
Eclampsia
coma late
An abnormal excess accumulation of serous fluids in connective tissue or in a serous cavity
Edema
A deceased that is restricted or peculiar to a locality or region
Endemic
Worldwide spread of disease
Pandemic
Occurs in scattered places
Sporadic
Rapid spread of disease
Epidemic
It is a condition in which there is bleeding in the nose caused by an underlying condition
Epistaxis
Inflammation especially of the mucus membrane of the stomach
Gastritis
An enlargement of the thyroid gland that is commonly visible as a swelling of the anterior part
Goiter
Enlargement of the breast caused by hormonal imbalances
Gynecomastia
A metabolic disease mark by a painful inflammation of the joints deposits of urates in and around the joints and usually an excessive amount of uric acid in the blood
Gout
A solid swelling of clotted blood within the tissues
Hematoma
A protrusion of an organ or part through connective tissue or through a wall of the cavity in which it is normally enclosed
Hernia
The maintenance of relatively stable internal physiological conditions such as body temperature or the pH of the blood under fluctuating environmental conditions
Homeostasis
Is an adjective used primarily in medicine meaning a rising spontaneously or from an obscure or unknown cause
Idiopathic
A yellowish pigmentation of the skin tissues and certain body fluids
Jaundice
Having a tendency to loosen or relax relieving constipation and drug inducing defecation
Laxative
A cell of the tissues comparable to or derived from a leukocyte or white blood cell
Leukocyte
A condition characterized by brief attacks of deep sleep
Narcolepsy
A new growth of tissue serving no physiological function
Neoplasm
Urination at night especially when excessive
Nocturia
Excessive urination
Polyuria
Reduce excretion of urine
Oliguria
Presence of ketone bodies in the urine
Ketonuria
An organism living in with or on another organism
Parasites
Example of parasitic worms
Trematodes
Cestodes
Nematodes
A restraint upon the activities or communication of persons or the transport of goods designed to prevent the spread of disease or pests
Quarantine
A contagious itch or mange especially with exudative crusts is caused by parasitic mites
Scabies
It is the clear yellowish fluid that remains from blood plasma after fibrinogen prothrombin and other clotting factors have been removed by clot formation
Serum
Any of numerous inflammatory disease of the mouth
Stomatitis
A sensation of noise that is caused by a bodily condition and typically is of subjective form which can only be heard by the affected
Tinnitus
Drugs causing tinnitus
Aspirin and quinine
A poisonous substance that is a specific product of the metabolic activity of a living organism
Toxins
Examples of toxins
Botolinum toxin or Botox
Aflatoxin or improperly dried peanuts
A drug used to reduce mental disturbance
Tranquilizers
Sedative and hypnotics tranquilizer
Minor tranquilizers
Antipsychotics tranquilizers
Major tranquilizers
The raised edematous red patch of a skin or mucous membrane characteristics of hives
Urticaria
A preparation of killed microorganisms living attenuated organisms or leaving fully virulent organisms that is administered to produce or artificially increase immunity to a particular disease
Vaccines
A chemical compound that is foreign to a living organism
Xenobiotics
Example of xenobiotics
Drugs and organ transplants
